Improvement in milk and liquid-coolers



"icited @Geistes @stent @Milice A. I. BUSSEY', OF l WESTERNVILLEQNEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 108,448', dated October 18, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Figure l, of the accompanying drawing, is a cen' trai vertical section of the removable funnel and strainer;

Figure 2 is similar sectional view ot the floatingV cooler; and

Figure 3 a similar sectional riew of the milkcan, with the cooler resting upon the milk within it.

My invention relates to -means for cooling and deodorizing milk, or for cooling or heating other liqnids, and consists in the construction and norel arrangement of a floating vessel containing ice, or vprovided with siphons for" keeping up aconstant iiow of cold or hot water through it, `and having a funnel provided with outlets in the form of a circle of apertures, adjustable in its mouth, whereby the milk or other liquid to be heated or cooled is distributed or spreadcvenly over the exterior of the top and sides of the cooler, in isuch a manner as tov bring all the particles ot' the liquid successively in contact with the heating or cooling surface.

The letter A of the drawing designates an ordinary milk-can or pail.

B is lthc cooler, lnadcot' the proper size and shape7 to ijt neatly within the can or pail, and, at the same time, to have a free movement up or down within it.

'Ihe .bottom u ol' the cooler is plane, and the top T1 thereof is conical, or sloping upward and inward to the flanch h` of the mouth g.

A false bottom or plate, c, is constructed within the coolerI iu such a manuel' as to form a compartment, d, below the conil'iartment li.

'lubes or conduits f f communicate with the compartment d, and extend upward through tbc conical top b of thc cooler.

j represents the distributingsti-ainer, in the form ot' a funnel or inverted cone.

It is -providcd with a waist-Hauch, 1.', attached around its exterior surface, and` turned downward, in such a manner that, when the point m is inserted into the mouth of the cooler I5, this lianch will encircle or ovcrlie the anch h of the mouth.

Immediately above the tlanoh ka circle of apertures or a strip of wire-cloth is arranged, and thereby an outlet is given to the liquid poured into the funnel-shaped strainer.

Ii represents a cover, designed to close the mout-h g when the strainer j is removed.

In order to cause 'a ow of water through the.

cooler,` flexible tubes, z, of rubber or other suitable material, are attached to the ends of the tubes j,

which project above the top of the cooler.

The operation. of my devices may be thus descril'nd;

The compartment E is intended to contain ice. The compartment tl is llled with cool wat-er through the tubes f fand theirflexible-attachments s are likewise filled and corked up at theends.

The vessely being placed in the desired position near a spring or reservoir of cool water, the end et'4 one ot the exible tubes .is inserted therein, and uncorked. Then the other tube, having been allowed to hang down lower than the first, is also relieved of its stopper, and the combination of sipbons thus formed produces the flow.

The milk or other liquid torbe cooled is now poured into the fnnncl j, ti'om out oi which it passes i through the distributing apertures or strainer in the side, over the Hauch lr, and is spread in an even sheet over the top b and sides oi' theV cooler. As the liquid accumulates in the can A, the cooler rises, and, floating upon the top thereof, keeps the upper surface cool.

Thus milk in its warm state is spread ont in a thin sheet over a cool surface, in contact with winch all the particles are successively brought, and thereby freed from animal heat and odor and cooled for use.A

these devices, and by substitut-ing hot water i'or the .ice in the upper compartment, and passing het water or steam through the lower chamber, they may be used to great advantage for heating purposes.

The inventionherein described is an improvement upon my milk-cooler, for which Letters Patent No. 96,390 were issued November 2, 1869.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In combination with a cooling or heating vessel, the fnnnelj, closed at the point m, and provided wit-h the waisttlanch k, and immediately above it a circle of perl'orations or wire-cloth, substantially as shown and described. l

2. In combination with the cooling-vessel B, herein described, having false bottom c and tubes j, the flexible conduits z, when constructed and arranged to opcrate as specified.

Witnesses: A. P. BUSSEY.

ERAsTUs ELY, JOHN 0. Jonas..

Other -liqnids may be cooled in rapid manner by 

